CHICAGO: If Hepatitis C Were Attacking Your Face Instead of Your Liver You'd Be Doing Something About It

I spent about an hour this morning trying to buy magazines to read on the plan tomorrow but most loop booksellers and newstands don't carry what I want to read. Hmph.

I did get to watch ABC7 do the news, though!

Jordan -- the restaurant is Glenn's Diner at 1820 W. Montrose. I'll be there at 7, it'll be a party of 4 to 6 folks.

amanda, i totally would've bought that thing you linked to but it wouldn't arrive on time even with 1 day shipping so i found something else somewhere else. thanks for the suggestion though, i truly do appreciate it.

is there anything going on this weekend? i figure i'm probably going on a four day bender if i can find a bar open on xmas day.

xpost - that waiter worked at Simon's and Svea for awhile and then got fired, I think! Or at least I seem to recall him telling me that. But I was probably drunk, so who knows. His name is Sh@ne.

His name is Sh@ne.

Of course it is.

And Jenny is teh correct about vegetarian offerings. This is what I get whenever I go:

San Chae Bi Bim Bap rice topped with bean sprouts, spinach, carrots, shitake mushrooms, shredded raddish, sweet potato stems, red leaf lettuce, fried egg and a spicy red pepper pastre sauec. soybean paste soup served on the side

Word, Jordan. No prob.

We went to the library last night to get books for the train. I will be reading about vanilla and a mystery novel involving orchid enthusiasts.

More info.

"our quivers are full and our arrows are pointed at the patriarchy"

Btw I watched my replacement copy of Trembling before G-d last night. It was very good, if not quite as revelatory as I hoped.

That's the blogger who wrote the article. She was a Quiverfull mom and has eleven kids. She used to run a fairly popular homeschooling magazine. After a harrowing escape from an abusive husband she was excommunicated by the church and started writing feminist articles for a variety of publications. She seems like a really interesting person. Too bad I can't get up to A-ville to Women & Children First before we leave for DE.

I got my family Christmas cards last night. The annual family letters were depressing. The only 'godsend' was that no one mentioned Christ's blood this year. They must have just forgotten.

One family's letters always begin with something like, "It has been another trying year for our family, full of challenges and sadness, but the Lord is with us still." The other family writes things like, "We are so blessed that both of our sons are Christians! And we are doubly blessed that they have found wonderful, loving Christian wives! The Lord provideth!..."

My understanding is that quiverfull would require them to have as much sex as is necessary to keep the kids constantly coming until the woman hits menopause.

holy crap, time to bust out one of my favorite sayings... "IT'S A VAGINA, NOT A CLOWN CAR!"

xpost - that's it!

Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD,
And the fruit of the womb is his reward.
As arrows are in the hand of a mighty man;
So are children of the youth.
Happy is the man that hath his quiver full of them

"Children of the youth"... Does this advocate teen pregnancy?

I know! Me, too.

I am all kinds of ready for a 12/28 Thirsty Thursday if anybody has any post-holiday energy left. I miss my pals!

Have fun with that!